Are any Tea Party candidates going to win?

[underpants]

Are we going to have an actual Tea Party representative?

This doesn't include "Republicans", meaning actual candidates running on the Tea Party (by any name other Republicans).
Rand Paul is a not a Tea Party candidate he is a Republican and is running as such.

[onehandle]

1. Doesn't matter. The Tea Party will take credit for every race they back that wins.

Including the Randian.

And the media will continue to elevate these racists.

[zbdent]

3. Hell, they'll claim victory for any race. Whether they backed the winning candidate

or not.

Repuke wins over incumbent Dem - "Our candidate won!" (even if they supported his opponent/opponents in the primaries)

Repuke incumbent wins - "Our candidate won!" (even when they were saying "throw them all out and start anew!")

Dem wins - "We sent a message to the Republican party!"

[derby378]

2. Pete Sessions (R-TX) defeated a Tea Party candidate in the GOP primary...

...but now he has sought the blessings of the teabaggers and counts himself as one of them.

It's like a cancer, and we're entering stage III.

[Motown_Johnny]

4. I doubt it, but in Colorado the third party candidate for Gov. may take so many (R) votes...

... that the Repubs will be listed as a third party for the next two election cycles (2012 and 2014).

That would be hilarious IMO

Especially if we hold on to both houses of Congress